Eleven Arts is a film production and distribution company based in Los Angeles, California. It has Japanese executives and has "a largely Japanese lineup". It specializes in importing

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from Japan to the United States.

History

The company was founded by Ko Mori in 1997. In 2008, it has been partnered with

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to distribute '' Love and Honor'' (2006) in the United States. It also sold ''Man, Woman and the Wall'' to

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for distribution in the United States and United Kingdom. In 2009, Eleven Arts acquired distribution rights to '' Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl''. In 2012, the company partnered with Edlead to produce and distribute several films a year for international audiences. The company releases Japanese anime films on

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in the United States market, though it has struggled with sales due to the prevalence of illegal downloads. It also filed in 2013 a lawsuit against a DVD distributor for distributing inferior copies of anime films based on poor sales numbers. And in response to piracy, Eleven Arts sought to release anime films in the United States before it is released on home video in Japan. For instance, The company released '' Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale'' in the United States three weeks after it was released in Japan. On August 11, 2018, it was announced at

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2018 that Eleven Arts had partnered with Right Stuf Inc. to become the exclusive distributor for select Eleven Arts titles on home video. On October 3, 2018, it was announced Eleven Arts and

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had signed a distribution deal, whereby Shout! Factory would distribute Eleven Arts' titles for home video. Eleven Arts also clarified that this deal would not affect their partnership with Right Stuf.

Filmography

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